Getting from the airport by bus

There are unfortunately no scheduled bus services to meet flights to Osijek. For more information, you can call Osijek Bus Station on 060-334-466 or Vukovar on 060-337-799.

Driving from Osijek to the airport

The airport is 17km south of Osijek, on the road to Vukovar. Driving time with no traffic is about quarter of an hour.

Airport taxi options in Osijek

With the lack of bus options, the only option is by taxi. A taxi into town will cost in the region of 180 kuna.

However, taxis are not always available. I discovered this to my cost the last time I flew to Osijek from Split. With just 15 passengers on board and the only flight of the day, it was not sufficiently interesting for a taxi driver to meet the incoming flight.

Airport parking in Osijek

There are almost 300 parking spaces at the airport, so parking is never a problem. Simply take the ticket as you enter. Then pay in the payment machine in the terminal building. Enter the paid ticket into the machine as you exit.

Private transfers to the airport

If you want an airport private transfer, contact us on [email protected] Subject Osijek.

Who flies to Osijek?

There were big hopes for Osijek when Ryanair started flying. The budget airline even announced a year-round connection to London. Sadly, the Irish carrier has since withdrawn. Today, there are only four airlines flying to Osijek. These are Croatia Airlines, Trade Air, Wizzair and Eurowings.

History of Osijek’s airport

Initial plans to build an airport in Osijek date back to 1971, while the decision to proceed came in 1978. Construction began almost immediately, and the airport opened on May 31, 2018. The inaugural flight was to Zagreb, a route which soon became daily. Belgrade was added twice a week. Then seasonal routes to Pula, Rijeka, Split and Dubrovnik connected Slavonia to the rest of the country.

A new cargo terminal in 1982 increased traffic considerably. Former Yugoslavia traded air cargo with the likes of Libya, Egypt, Mongolia and India via Osijek. All was going well until the Homeland War. During this time, the airport was occupied, looted and destroyed. Total destruction was prevented by UN troops who were stationed there.

There was a temporary airport solution at the nearby Sports Airport Cepin in 1995. But operations returned to the main airport at Klisa in 2001.